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syntactical

/sɪnˈtaktɪkl/US/sɪnˈtæktəkəl/

syntactical adjective: syntactic, related to syntax.

Adjective

syntactical (comparative more syntactical, superlative most syntactical)

  1. syntactic, related to syntax

Forms of syntactical

comparativemore syntactical
superlativemost syntactical

Origin of syntactical

From Latin syntacticus + -al.

Words formed from syntactical

Questions about syntactical

What does syntactical mean?
Syntactical means syntactic, related to syntax.
What part of speech is syntactical?
Syntactical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce syntactical?
Syntactical is pronounced /sɪnˈtaktɪkl/ (UK).

Words near syntactical in the dictionary

  1. syntactic expletive
  2. syntactic expletives
  3. syntactic middle voice
  4. syntactic salt
  5. syntactic sugar
  6. syntactical
  7. syntacticality
  8. syntactically
  9. syntactician
  10. syntacticians
  11. syntacticise

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